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March 14, 2023
u:japan lecture: "Jewish filmmakers in exile in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation: Reflections on the documentary film Driven People/ Sokoku o owarete (1940) by Gertrud Wolffsohn" - Roland Domenig
From: u:japan lectures : Department of East Asian Studies : University of Vienna <ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at>
Date: 2023/03/10
Dear SSJ-Forum list member,
the Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming hybrid u:japan lecture, held in German:
Roland Domenig:
"Jüdische Filmemacher im Shanghaier Exil während der japanischen Okkupation: Betrachtungen zum Dokumentarfilm Driven People/ Sokoku o owarete (1940) von Gertrud Wolffsohn (Jewish filmmakers in exile in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation: Reflections on the documentary film Driven People/ Sokoku o owarete (1940) by Gertrud Wolffsohn)"
Date and time:
Thursday, March 16, 2023, 18:30~20:00 (CET, UTC/GMT +1h)
The Zoom Meeting will be open from 18:15 (CET).
Max. 50 participants (on site) + max. 300 participants (online)
In the relevant specialist literature on German film history, one searches in vain for the name of the Jewish director Gertrud Wolffsohn, who, after fleeing the Nazis in Shanghai, made a documentary about the Jews who emigrated to Shanghai with the support of the China Film Company managed by Kawakita Nagamasa. This film is at best mentioned as a footnote in German-language film historiography and in Jewish exile research. Although it is occasionally mentioned in Japanese sources on the history of the China Film Company, from them one learns little more about the director than her name and little concrete information about the film, which was planned as a fundraising project for Jewish refugee aid. According to sources, the production had to be stopped by order of the Japanese military, which is why the film is considered unfinished and lost. However, a critical examination of the previously known Japanese sources as well as previously unpublished new sources call the above account into question.
In this lecture, held in German, Roland Domenig (Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo) will first briefly introduce the director of the film, Gertrud Wolffsohn, and its producer Kawakita Nagamasa, explain how the film came about and its content, and finally makes a reassessment of the supposedly unfinished film.
This will be a hybrid event, both live at the Campus of the University of Vienna and online via Zoom. Live participation is available for 50 people.
For more information on the speaker, abstract of the lecture and future events of u:japan lectures, please follow the link below:https://
Please read the "Instructions and Netiquette" before joining the lecture at the bottom of the homepage.
Place:
LIVE @ Campus of the University of Vienna
Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Seminarraum JAP 1, 2K-EG-21, Ground floor to the left Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.4 (Campus), 1090 Vienna, Austria
the Department of East Asian Studies - Japanese Studies at University of Vienna would like to draw your attention to the upcoming hybrid u:japan lecture, held in German:
Roland Domenig:
"Jüdische Filmemacher im Shanghaier Exil während der japanischen Okkupation: Betrachtungen zum Dokumentarfilm Driven People/ Sokoku o owarete (1940) von Gertrud Wolffsohn (Jewish filmmakers in exile in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation: Reflections on the documentary film Driven People/ Sokoku o owarete (1940) by Gertrud Wolffsohn)"
Date and time:
Thursday, March 16, 2023, 18:30~20:00 (CET, UTC/GMT +1h)
The Zoom Meeting will be open from 18:15 (CET).
Max. 50 participants (on site) + max. 300 participants (online)
In the relevant specialist literature on German film history, one searches in vain for the name of the Jewish director Gertrud Wolffsohn, who, after fleeing the Nazis in Shanghai, made a documentary about the Jews who emigrated to Shanghai with the support of the China Film Company managed by Kawakita Nagamasa. This film is at best mentioned as a footnote in German-language film historiography and in Jewish exile research. Although it is occasionally mentioned in Japanese sources on the history of the China Film Company, from them one learns little more about the director than her name and little concrete information about the film, which was planned as a fundraising project for Jewish refugee aid. According to sources, the production had to be stopped by order of the Japanese military, which is why the film is considered unfinished and lost. However, a critical examination of the previously known Japanese sources as well as previously unpublished new sources call the above account into question.
In this lecture, held in German, Roland Domenig (Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo) will first briefly introduce the director of the film, Gertrud Wolffsohn, and its producer Kawakita Nagamasa, explain how the film came about and its content, and finally makes a reassessment of the supposedly unfinished film.
This will be a hybrid event, both live at the Campus of the University of Vienna and online via Zoom. Live participation is available for 50 people.
For more information on the speaker, abstract of the lecture and future events of u:japan lectures, please follow the link below:https://
Please read the "Instructions and Netiquette" before joining the lecture at the bottom of the homepage.
Place:
LIVE @ Campus of the University of Vienna
Department of East Asian Studies, Japanese Studies Seminarraum JAP 1, 2K-EG-21, Ground floor to the left Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.4 (Campus), 1090 Vienna, Austria
https://japanologie.univie.ac.
Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
Link:
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/
Meeting-ID: 680 1013 0233 | PW: 389151
We look forward to your participation!
With kind regards,
Florian Purkarthofer and Ralf Windhab
PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded lectures section:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.
u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies
University of Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@
Join the lecture via Zoom (no registration necessary):
Link:
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/
Meeting-ID: 680 1013 0233 | PW: 389151
We look forward to your participation!
With kind regards,
Florian Purkarthofer and Ralf Windhab
PS: If you missed a lecture or want to review, head to our recorded lectures section:
https://japanologie.univie.ac.
u:japan lectures
Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies
University of Vienna
E-mail: ujapanlectures.ostasien@
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